Fears of Psychological Treatment and Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Help Among Students

Abstract

The rate of utilisation of the counseling and guidance services in schools is
minimal in spite of the availability of these services No extensive studies have
been done in Malaysia to show the relationship of factors that are related to
psychological help-seeking among school students
The present study is a combination of correlational and causal-comparative
research The relationships of fears of psychological treatment, attitudes towards
seeking professional psychological help, and the likelihood of seeking
counseling were investigated besides that, the differences in terms of sex,
ethnicity, prior contact With a counsellor and help seeking history With regards to
the three variables mentioned earlier were also examined .